2018 - 2020 Officers

GFWC KY State Officers/

Executive Committee 2018-2020

PRESIDENT – PAT HARRINGTON (1st District/Murray WC)

Pat Harrington recently served as President of GFWC Kentucky. She has also served GFWC Kentucky as chair
of Honorary Presidents and Past Governors Breakfast, Public Affairs/Community
Safety program, the President’s Advisory Council, and as both Collaboration
Chair and Partnership Chair of the Home Life Community Service Program.
Pat served on the Club women of the 21st Century committee, and was GFWC
Kentucky’s LEADS Graduate in 2007. In 2006, Pat was selected Outstanding KFWC
Clubwoman. She served on the GFWC SER Fundraising Committee 2008-2010.Pat is
currently serving her second year as her Governor’s Aid. She was the Governor
herself 2008-12, as well as Vice Governor 2007-08. During her tenure as
Governor, they were named Outstanding District for 2008-10. Pat
Harrington has been an active member of Murray Woman’s Club since 1997. She
currently serves as the club’s Parliamentarian, is a department chair, as well
as serving on a number of committees. She has also served her club as President
and numerous other positions. Pat is immersed in service to her
community. She is involved with many community boards. Her devotion to her
community earned her the title of Citizen of the Year in 2006. Pat earned
her Bachelor of Science and her Master’s degrees from Murray State University.
She works as a financial administrator.

1218 Dogwood Drive, Murray KY 42071

H 270-753-9640 / C 270-227-0774 / Fax 270-761-9640

patharrington@Murray-ky.net

PRESIDENT- Elect- Teresa Schmidt (3rd
District/St. Matthews WC)

Teresa Schmidt is the current President-Elect. She has served as Governor of GFWC Kentucky Third District, and 2014-16 GFWC Kentucky State Fundraising Chairman. She is currently a member of the GFWC Kentucky Woman’s Club of St. Matthews. Teresa joined the Woman’s Club of Lyndon in 2005. She was 1st vice president 2006-2008 at which time she became president. She was president 2008-2010. As GFWC Kentucky 3rd District chairman for Domestic Violence 2008-2010, she secured First Lady of the Commonwealth Jane Beshear as speaker for the Fall Conference. This was at the beginning of the First Lady’s “Shop and Share” project. Teresa was the 2010-2012 GFWC Kentucky State Chairman of the Legislative Committee. She was the 2012-2014 GFWC Kentucky Third District Vice Governor. Teresa has been a hairdresser for 46 years. She is married to Tony and they have a four-legged child named Wyatt. They currently live in Louisville, but there’s a mini farm in their future.

6605 El Rancho Road, Louisville, KY 40291

H 502-239-0176 / C 502-558-1623

nantresus@gmail.com

Donna Travis has been a member of the Woman's Club of Madisonville for 16 years. She has served as the Club Treasurer, Recording Secretary, and Club President. While serving as the Club President, she received the Carrie Stewart Club Service Award in 2009 and 2010. She was awarded this due to her writing of the club's history - the first time that a history had been written for the club. When she revised the club's history five years later in 2014, she once again was honored with this same award for publishing the second edition of the History of the Woman's Club of Madisonville. She has most recently served as the Club's Education Chairman and helped to spearhead the club's project of donating $15,000 to the local library in 2015. She is currently serving as the Club Historian - wonder why!

Donna has served as the Second District Secretary, Vice Governor, Governor, and is currently serving as the Second District Treasurer. While serving in these roles, she received the "Vice Governor of the Year" Award in 2014 and the "Governor of the Year" Award in 2015. She was also selected as the LEADS candidate for Kentucky in 2015 and attended the GFWC LEADS Seminar in Memphis. On the state level, she has served as an Educational Partnership Chairman and is currently serving as the GFWC Kentucky State Recording Secretary. Donna was selected as the GFWC Kentucky "Clubwoman of the Year" during 2016 and the Second District received the "Outstanding District" Award for 2016. Donna received her Bachelor's Degree in Vocational Home Economics from Morehead State University and her Master's Degree in Special Education - Neurologically Impaired from Eastern Kentucky University. She taught school from 1975-1993 and has worked at the office of Travis & Brummer Pediatric Dentistry since 1993. She is married to Randy and has a son, Adam, a daughter, Ellen (married to Sean), and one grandson, Owen Patrick, who is 10 months old.